Actel Corporation Announces 10% Reduction in Force to Improve Operating Results and Promote Profitability

Mountain View, Calif. – October 16, 2008 – Actel Corporation today announced a 10 percent reduction in force to improve its operating results. Approximately 60 positions were eliminated.

Together with other cost-saving measures to be initiated during the fourth quarter of 2008, the company anticipates that the reduction in force will decrease quarterly operating expenses by approximately $2.5 million. Operating results for the fourth quarter of 2008 will be adversely affected by accounting charges related to the reduction in force, which the company currently estimates will be about $3 million.

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